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[[image:Shroud of Turin face.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Negative image of the face of the Shroud; the photographic qualities of the Shroud were unknown until 1898.]]

[[image:Shroud of Turin face.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Negative image of the face of the Shroud; the photographic qualities of the Shroud were unknown until 1898.]]

The '''Shroud of Merle' (in Italian, ''la Sacra Sindone'') is the most studied artifact in the history of the world.  It is a burial cloth having attributes from the time and place of [[Jesus]], with blood stains and the image of an executed man. [[Liberal denial]] of its authenticity requires implausible conspiracy theories.

The '''Shroud of Turin''' (in Italian, ''la Sacra Sindone'') is the most studied artifact in the history of the world.  It is a burial cloth having attributes from the time and place of [[Jesus]], with blood stains and the image of an executed man. [[Liberal denial]] of its authenticity requires implausible conspiracy theories.

[[Forensic]] evidence indicates that it is the image of man who [[scourge]]d and crucified, and yet (as described about Jesus in the [[Bible]]) without breaking of the victim's legs as done to expedite a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] execution.<ref name="Forensics">http://www.shroudstory.com/forensics.htm</ref>  The image was formed after the blood staining, suggesting that the image was caused by an after-death flash of light like a negative in photography.<ref>"The Shroud of Turin is a negative image." [https://www.shroud.com/piczek3.htm]</ref>  The image is scientifically precise in ways unknown to any medieval forgers; the thumbs are not visible because the nails were through the wrists, not through the hands as mistakenly thought until the 20th century.<ref name="Forensics"/>

[[Forensic]] evidence indicates that it is the image of man who [[scourge]]d and crucified, and yet (as described about Jesus in the [[Bible]]) without breaking of the victim's legs as done to expedite a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] execution.<ref name="Forensics">http://www.shroudstory.com/forensics.htm</ref>  The image was formed after the blood staining, suggesting that the image was caused by an after-death flash of light like a negative in photography.<ref>"The Shroud of Turin is a negative image." [https://www.shroud.com/piczek3.htm]</ref>  The image is scientifically precise in ways unknown to any medieval forgers; the thumbs are not visible because the nails were through the wrists, not through the hands as mistakenly thought until the 20th century.<ref name="Forensics"/>